Changing my 4 year old pc setup in something that is descent for 2018, plz help

Termineyter · 18 Oct 2018 at 16:15

Hey

Can anyone help me upgrading my 4 year old system to something that will run the new black ops or battlefield with ease on full hd ultra or high settings.

- MSI Z97 - G45 gaming Intel Z97 chipset , ATX, SLI crossfire
- Intel Core I7 -4790K quad core Devils canyon , SKT 1150 , was running at 4.8 GHZ
- Asetek 550LC extreme liquid CPU cooler
- Crucial Ballistix sport 16GB DDR3-1600 CL 9-9-9-24
- two ZOTAC Gforce GTX 770 in sli, 2GB GDDR5
- 750 Watt

Just some main questions, will the motherboard support new DDR4? and support a new graphic card?
Will a 1070 GTI be better then 2 x 770 gtx?
What is compatible and what not...

Don't want to pay too much money, just want to play on a descent pc again

What can I keep in my old setup and what has to go?

Much appreciated!!

Kind regards

Ken Neyt

StarShock · 18 Oct 2018 at 16:21

Hello, your motherboard won't support DDR4, but I would probably keep your CPU RAM and motherboard as for the most part they should still do really well for gaming, and I would just upgrade the graphics. a GTX 1070 should perform much better than a pair of 770s in sli, so that would be a good upgrade, though its worth looking at 1070tis and 1080s as well, the prices are a bit all over the place right now, so its possible to grab one for not much more than the 1070

Distracted · 18 Oct 2018 at 16:23

You wont be able to use ddr4 on that mobo.

A 1070 ti will stomp all over a 2x 770 sli setup.

What is your monitor, i assume it is 1080p given you said full hd, but is it a high refresh rate monitor or are you happy with 60hz?

You've picked 2 quite demanding games.

Termineyter · 18 Oct 2018 at 16:24

StarShock said:
Hello, your motherboard won't support DDR4, but I would probably keep your CPU RAM and motherboard as for the most part they should still do really well for gaming, and I would just upgrade the graphics. a GTX 1070 should perform much better than a pair of 770s in sli, so that would be a good upgrade, though its worth looking at 1070tis and 1080s as well, the prices are a bit all over the place right now, so its possible to grab one for not much more than the 1070

So just changing the graphics card would do the trick?

StarShock · 18 Oct 2018 at 16:25

Termineyter said:
So just changing the graphics card would do the trick?

Yes

Termineyter · 18 Oct 2018 at 16:25

Distracted said:
You wont be able to use ddr4 on that mobo.

A 1070 ti will stomp all over a 2x 770 sli setup.

What is your monitor, i assume it is 1080p given you said full hd, but is it a high refresh rate monitor or are you happy with 60hz?

You've picked 2 quite demanding games.

Yes, still 2 four year old 1080 p monitors. .

Distracted · 18 Oct 2018 at 16:26

Termineyter said:
So just changing the graphics card would do the trick?

Yes. That's a solid idea.

Termineyter · 18 Oct 2018 at 16:29

Thanks guys , i thought i had to change a lot more then just a graphics card!!

Distracted · 18 Oct 2018 at 16:29

Termineyter said:
Yes, still 2 four year old 1080 p monitors. But i'm lookin to change to just one of these.

Upgrading to a 1070ti and keeping what you have should even allow you to drive 144hz on the monitor you've posted.

I would edit out the link to comply with forum rules btw (no competitor linking etc).

Distracted · 18 Oct 2018 at 16:31

As Starshock said, prices are a bit all over the place right now with gpus so it is worth looking around. Don't limit yourself to a particular model.

Termineyter · 18 Oct 2018 at 16:32

Ive found a guy on a second hand site in Belgium who is selling this Gigabyte GTX 1080 8gb for 350 pounds.
Do it?

Termineyter · 18 Oct 2018 at 19:19

Distracted said:
As Starshock said, prices are a bit all over the place right now with gpus so it is worth looking around. Don't limit yourself to a particular model.

A gigabyte GeForce 1080 . Will it work on my motherboard? Grtz

StarShock · 19 Oct 2018 at 08:16

Termineyter said:
A gigabyte GeForce 1080 . Will it work on my motherboard? Grtz

Should work well

and would be a really nice performance jump

orbitalwalsh · 19 Oct 2018 at 09:39

Termineyter said:
Ive found a guy on a second hand site in Belgium who is selling this Gigabyte GTX 1080 8gb for 350 pounds.
Do it?

reseller selling turbo version for brand new £400 or here for £450 odd

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...raphics-card-gv-n1080wf3oc-8gd-gx-18t-gi.html

Cooper · 19 Oct 2018 at 10:11

As others have said, a 4790K with 16GB RAM and a 1070 (or higher) level GPU upgrade will keep you in 60fps+ territory for at least a couple more years.

NovaKill4 · 19 Oct 2018 at 10:37

What brand and model is the 750w PSU?